Hub-band



(No Model.)

B. STORM.

HUB BAND.

No. 425,008 Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

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H/J ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD STORM, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NElV. YORK.

HUB-

BAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,008, dated April 8, 1890.

Application filed November 16, 1889. Serial No. 330,536. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD STORM, of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Rim-Bands for the Hubs of \Vheels, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to the rim-bands which are commonly used upon the gains of the hubs of wheels employed in wheeled yehicles. These rim-bands are'commonly made of malleable iron and ornamented at the outer extremities or fronts with shells of polished metal. Ordinarily the shells are secured by solder to the rim-bands, and when so secured are of course applied before the painting of the wheels or the carriage of which they form part. In the paint-shop the ornamental shells are liable to suffer injury.

The object of my improvement is to provide a simple and convenient means whereby the ornamental shells may be attached to the rim-bands after the painting of the latter.

The improvement consists in the combination, with a rim-band, of an ornamental shell fitted to the outer end of the rim-band, so as to surround the same circumferentially and extended inward over the extremity, and a eross-pin passing transversely through the rim-band andacontiguous portion of the said shell.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side View of a hub furnished with a rim-band having a shell applied to itin accordance with my improvement. Fig. 2 is an end or front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the outer end or front portion of the hub, the rim-band, and the shell.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A designates the hub. It is intended to be made of wood in the ordinary manner. Around its gain ais fitted a rim-band B, which may advantageously be made of malleable iron. The rim-band is shown as of cylindric form with a slight flare at the inner end. It can be secured in place by pins passing trans- Versely through holes with which it is provided and entering the gain of the hub. These pins may be made, if desired, in the form of screws 3 to retain them in place.

O designates an ornamental shell. It may be made of anyornamental metalas', forinstance, polished brass or polished white-metal-or it may be made of a base metal having a plated surface. It has a portion 0 adapted to surround the outer end or front portion of the rim -band, and an inwardly-extended flange-like portion 0 constructed to lap over the outer extremity of the rim-band. In the present instance this shell is of cylindric form to correspond to the contour of the rimband. The shell will be made sufficiently loose to slip readily over the outer portion or front of the rim-band even when the latter is coated with paint. Its portion 0 and the outer portion of the rim-band are provided with holes for receiving transversely-extending pins,

As here shown, there are t o holes in each part and two screws.

lVhenever the carriage is to be painted or the ornamental shells require repairing, they may be readily removed and afterward as readily replaced.

WV'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a rim-band for the hub of a wheel, of an ornamental shell consisting of a portion constructed to surround the outer end of the rim-band and a flangelike portion constructed to fit against the edge of the rim-band, said rim-band and shell having holes for the reception of a pin securing them together, substantially as specified.

EDl/VARD STORM. lVitnesses:

CHARLES l3. HERRICK, HENRY E. LOSEY.

here shown as made in the form of screws 0 

